Comments on: Turn off the iTunes Sound Enhancer.http://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/19/turn-off-the-itunes-sound-enhancer/
Oliver CheslerSun, 19 Jul 2015 12:49:28 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.3By: Kristianhttp://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/19/turn-off-the-itunes-sound-enhancer/comment-page-1/#comment-14108
Sun, 14 Nov 2010 01:57:45 +0000http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=1165#comment-14108So… the sound enhancer makes the left and right “ends” of the music more pronounced than the “middle” part? I actually think that’s a good feature to have, especially for progressive metal bands like Dream Theater, who love playing with the extreme “ends” of sound. :P
]]>By: andrewhttp://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/19/turn-off-the-itunes-sound-enhancer/comment-page-1/#comment-12021
Tue, 05 Oct 2010 02:41:57 +0000http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=1165#comment-12021thank you for this post. I was wondering why itunes was turning my recordings into poorly EQ’d high school music appreciation skecthes.
]]>By: David Vanderschelhttp://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/19/turn-off-the-itunes-sound-enhancer/comment-page-1/#comment-6367
Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:14:47 +0000http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=1165#comment-6367In iTunes version 9, it is no longer the default.
]]>By: Jimhttp://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/19/turn-off-the-itunes-sound-enhancer/comment-page-1/#comment-5379
Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:58:49 +0000http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=1165#comment-5379I think quite a lot of the posters above have missed the point of iTunes. It is a mass-consumer media purchasing and playing application. It is not an audiophile product. As a result, the vast majority of people who use it will play their music on commodity hardware, and I imagine that the sound enhancer is to make popular music sound better on iPod docks or on their laptop sound card. If you really care about 100% faithful music reproduction (are you using lossless compression?) it is surely best to buy an expensive CD player. It’s not apple that have the problem to be fair, iTunes is wildly popular. But expecting it to perform like an audiophile product is like using an adjustable spanner to put up picture hooks. You’ll look foolish, and the end result won’t satisfy…
]]>By: jsdhttp://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/19/turn-off-the-itunes-sound-enhancer/comment-page-1/#comment-4471
Sun, 24 May 2009 01:48:23 +0000http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=1165#comment-4471actually “off” is accomplished by unchecking the box on the left
]]>By: skodoshttp://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/19/turn-off-the-itunes-sound-enhancer/comment-page-1/#comment-4094
Sun, 05 Apr 2009 10:35:04 +0000http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=1165#comment-4094It only affects playback, not importing
]]>By: Lancehttp://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/19/turn-off-the-itunes-sound-enhancer/comment-page-1/#comment-4092
Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:44:41 +0000http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=1165#comment-4092To VARNSEN, this is not an attitude problem. If someone uses iTunes to import a thousand songs from 400 CDs before noticing this “on by default” setting, it can be quite a time waster. No one wants to delete and re-import 1,000 songs. Even worse would be to burn a dozen CDs before noticing it.

Fortunately, my iTunes has never had the Sound Enhancer on by default. I hope everyone knows “off” is the center position, not the far left.

]]>By: rogerhttp://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/19/turn-off-the-itunes-sound-enhancer/comment-page-1/#comment-3956
Sun, 22 Mar 2009 05:14:02 +0000http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=1165#comment-3956I’ve only recently begun using itunes for listening to music. I set up a bit of a system, loaded some CDs, and figured the pain in my ears would go away if I got my speakers sounding right. Went looking for a way to turn off the annoying “cross fade”. I found it, along with the “sound enhancer”. I turned them both off. My ears don’t hurt anymore.
]]>By: Andrewhttp://www.wiretotheear.com/2008/09/19/turn-off-the-itunes-sound-enhancer/comment-page-1/#comment-3509
Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:47:49 +0000http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=1165#comment-3509“clearly not designed for a techno musician, since 75% of all the music on my computer is my own stuff, loops, tracks, single shot samples, whatever…”

Well, no, it’s not designed for any kind of audio production work. Why on earth would you load loops or samples into iTunes? It’s a music jukebox FFS. I do pro audio work, but I use iTunes to organise my music library and nothing more. It’s actually not a bad piece of software if you use it for what it’s designed for.

That said, this “sound enhancer” thing is totally retarded. I have no idea why it’s included, or what possible benefit it could serve.